
My colleague from Massachusetts continues to use his talking points and mentions the gun lobby, and I want to point out that I hear from many of my constituents who are law-abiding gun owners and who are extremely concerned and oppose this…
On the public record
Every politician on the site, every statement on file. Search, filter, and read the public record.
16,100+·quotes on file

My colleague from Massachusetts continues to use his talking points and mentions the gun lobby, and I want to point out that I hear from many of my constituents who are law-abiding gun owners and who are extremely concerned and oppose this…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, we have no further requests for time on our side, and I am ready to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any…

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Let me be clear: House Republicans condemn the violence in Buffalo, Uvalde, Tulsa, and Philadelphia. We stand…

While my colleagues in the majority believe that the best approach to addressing violence is to strip away American's constitutional rights, Republicans stand with parents and communities in ensuring those who commit crimes are prosecuted…

Jim Ramstad represented Minnesota's Third District in Congress as a principled Republican from 1991 to 2009. His widow, Kathryn, a remarkable woman in her own right, wrote me last week and asked that I share her message with the country…

I come to the floor today on behalf of 9 million Americans who directly benefited from very important health insurance credits in the American Rescue Plan--credits that are set to expire at the end of the year if Congress doesn't act. I…

It has been 23 years since Columbine. It has been 15 years since Virginia Tech, 10 years since Sandy Hook, 4 years since Parkland. We have offered prayer and thoughts for years with no real action. It has been 15 days since the school…

Roe v. Wade is fundamentally about privacy. Fifty, 60, 70 years ago, in order for women to access abortion care, they had to go to back-alley clinics and use wire hangers. In 1973, it was decided that women have a right to make their own…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, thanks to this administration's bad policies, small businesses are struggling with skyrocketing inflation, record-high gas prices, and supply chain and labor crises. It is imperative that…

I`ve been trying for years to close the boyfriend loophole, which is a major cause of death of women in domestic violence, homicides.

I just refuse to lose hope on this. And that`s why I`m encouraging my colleagues to go forward.

Unfortunately, my district and constituents are all too familiar with unsafe roads and avoidable traffic incidents.

First of all, I think anyone that sees those pictures of the little girl as Matthew McConaughey so beautifully pointed out, the green tennis shoes, the confirmation dresses, the kids with their sports uniforms. This has hit America as it…

I have a lot of faith in Chris Murphy in leading this effort to find that common ground.

We have been trying for years to do something on the extreme risk corridors or what is also known as red flags, I think it`s a better way to describe it as Lucy McBath does in her bill, extreme risk corridors.

At the very least we should be changing that age. So, those things are all being discussed right now, Chris. And I just think moving forward, doing something where not every one of these Republican senators is catering to the NRA is going…

I come from hunting state, Chris. And I`ve always noted people that, you know, he doesn`t need an AR-15 in the deer stand.